Olympics: London mayor gets stuck on zip wire

LONDON — Some are calling it the best moment at the Olympics so far: London mayor Boris Johnson stuck on a zip wire.

Crowds who gathered at a London park to watch the games on live screens and enjoy a fun fair were delighted Wednesday when the mayor provided a comic sideshow.

Johnson was trying out a zip line that was 148 feet high and 1,050 feet long at east London's Victoria Park. It was an unlucky first time: The portly mayor lost momentum about three-quarters of the way across, leaving him dangling from his harness about 33 feet above ground for a few minutes.

"Can you get me a rope? Get me a rope, okay?" he was heard shouting good-humoredly in a video posted to the ITV News website.

The crowds, happily taking photos with their cameras, responded with loud laughter.

Staff at the park eventually pulled him to safety with a rope.

Johnson said he probably got stuck because one of the brakes was left on.

"Anyway it was wonderful, I thoroughly recommend it," he told ITV.

'He got me pretty good'

U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay has learned his lesson: Never fall asleep at an Olympic basketball game.

Gay nodded off while watching LeBron James and Team USA beat France. As Gay slept in his seat, 400-meter runner Tony McQuay captured the moment on camera and posted a picture on Twitter.